Neural substrates underlying intentional empathy

doi:10.1093/scan/nsq093

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	Neural substrates underlying intentional empathy
	de Greck, Moritz ; Wang, Gang ; Yang, Xuedong ; Wang, Xiaoying ; Northoff, Georg ; Han, Shihui
刊名	social cognitive and affective neuroscience
	2012
关键词	fMRI brain imaging empathy EMOTIONAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS FUSIFORM FACE AREA PREMOTOR CORTEX DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES SOCIAL-PERCEPTION BASIC EMOTIONS HUMAN AMYGDALA FMRI MECHANISMS PAIN
DOI	10.1093/scan/nsq093
英文摘要	Although empathic responses to stimuli with emotional contents may occur automatically, humans are capable to intentionally empathize with other individuals. Intentional empathy for others is even possible when they do not show emotional expressions. However, little is known about the neuronal mechanisms of this intentionally controlled empathic process. To investigate the neuronal substrates underlying intentional empathy, we scanned 20 healthy Chinese subjects, using fMRI, when they tried to feel inside the emotional states of neutral or angry faces of familiar (Asian) and unfamiliar (Caucasian) models. Skin color evaluation of the same stimuli served as a control task. Compared to a baseline condition, the empathy task revealed a network of established empathy regions, including the anterior cingulate cortex, bilateral inferior frontal cortex and bilateral anterior insula. The contrast of intentional empathy vs skin color evaluation, however, revealed three regions: the bilateral inferior frontal cortex, whose hemodynamic responses were independent of perceived emotion and familiarity and the right-middle temporal gyrus, whose activity was modulated by emotion but not by familiarity. These findings extend our understanding of the role of the inferior frontal cortex and the middle temporal gyrus in empathy by demonstrating their involvement in intentional empathy.; Neurosciences; Psychology; Psychology, Experimental; SCI(E); PubMed; SSCI; 11; ARTICLE; 2; 135-144; 7
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/323406]
专题	心理与认知科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	de Greck, Moritz,Wang, Gang,Yang, Xuedong,et al. Neural substrates underlying intentional empathy[J]. social cognitive and affective neuroscience,2012.
APA	de Greck, Moritz,Wang, Gang,Yang, Xuedong,Wang, Xiaoying,Northoff, Georg,&Han, Shihui.(2012).Neural substrates underlying intentional empathy.social cognitive and affective neuroscience.
MLA	de Greck, Moritz,et al."Neural substrates underlying intentional empathy".social cognitive and affective neuroscience (2012).